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SRDC
Series #190
Decision Aids for Municipal Solid Waste Management
in Rural Areas-Abstract
June 1995
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Three key realities have created significant challenges for rural
communities in the 1990s with regard to municipal solid waste
management (MSWM). One has to do with the new federal regulations
regarding landfill design and operation and state-level requirements
for panning, collection, and recycling. The second is that rural
citizens also are demanding opportunities to engage in recycling
and other activities that are viewed as part of the "solution"
to the solid waste "crisis," as well as more influence over decisions
regarding local disposal facility siting and importation of solid
waste from other jurisdictions. The third reality is the existence
of substantial economies of scale or size with respect to some
components of MSWM systems, particularly the processing and marketing
of recyclable materials and the disposal of solid waste.
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